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children and adult subjects. Some child pornography includes depictions of forcible encounters. Although child pornography shows the result of a violation of children, it would not technically be a violation with a child victim as is written ordinances limiting the ban against offenders with convictions involving child victims. There is no reason why any adult would possess child pornography, except those who have abnormal sexual desire towards children. In the case of Alejandro Avila, the man who abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered 5-year- old Samantha Runnion in 2002, Avila spent days prior to committing his heinous act aga.nst the little girl he had never met looking at child pornography of a girl about the same age as Samantha and fantasizing about molesting children. As mentioned above, an Orange County mother was at a park enjoying the playground with her children. She saw a man holding a video camera near her children. She recognized the man from the Megan's Law website. She called the Orange County Sheriff to report the incident. The deputy sheriff could not arrest the sex offender because he was not on probation or parole. A proposed ordinance limiting the ban to offenders with child victims would not cover this defendant because his registration was based on a possession of child pornography conviction. ANALYSIS OF LAKE FOREST SEX OFFENDERS ON MEGAN'S LAW Available public records show many sex offenders who have both child and adult victims. Many offenders on the Megan's Law website have registered for committing sex offenses against both children and adults, possessing child pornography and flashing. There are other registered sex offenders in Lake Forest not listed on the public website but are known to law enforcement. A review of the public information listed on the Megan's Law website for Lake Forest shows the following: There are 17 individuals who were required to register due to felony convictions for Penal Code 288, lewd acts upon a child, or other crimes perpetrated on a child victim. One of the -17 of the sex offenders was also convicted of sex crimes committed by force or fear. He was convicted of lewd acts with a child under 14 years of age by force or fear. Five of the 17 sex offenders, committed in addition to lewd acts other related sex crimes. One was convicted of contacting a minor with the intent to commit a specified sex offense. One was convicted of attempt to send harmful matter with intent of seduction of a minor, and attempt to distribute harmful matter depicting a minor/sent to a minor via internet or email. Two were also convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child. Of the 17, two were also convicted of sexual penetration with foreign object of a victim under 14 or under 16 years of age. Two of the 17 were also convicted of more serious sex offenses due to their age difference with their victims. Their offenses consisted of lewd acts with a child 14 or 15 years of age and the offender is 10 or more years old than the victim, and oral copulation with a minor under 16 years of age and offender is 21 or more years of age. Four of the 17 sex offenders were convicted of sending, selling, distributing, or possession of obscene matter depicting a minor in sexual conduct. In addition, one of these four was also convicted of indecent exposure and misdemeanor child annoyance. Another one in this group was convicted of enticing a minor female for prostitution. 5OA-13